more comments he made in the past. daisy, thank you very much with our british partner, itn. thank you, daisy. a man who led the government s response to the gulf oil disaster this morning said he was stepping down as national incident commander. thad allen says he ll leave on october 1st barring any major disruptions in the response effort. concerns are rising after a so-called super bug is causing people in the states to get sick. now, the bug is resistant, according to the doctors, to nearly all antibiotics. so far cases have been reported in three states. you re looking at them. illinois, california and massachusetts and joining me now is infectious disease specialist from the university hospital case center. thanks for joining us. good to be here, tamron. how concerned should we be about these reports. cases in three different states. is it a big worry for you doctors and should it be a big worry for us? a special worry for us but because these bacteria have a
young american men who are still being detained? he fiance and friend. mary snow, thanks. top stories now, last round of primaries happening in delaware. republican congressman castle battling christine oh donn o doe senate nomination. trying to knock out well-known republicans. new help offered to victims of last week the natural gatline explosion in san bruno. the authority that owns the line, pacific gas and electric, setting up a fund to help. the drug resistant super bug raising fears around the world arrived in the united states. the boston globe reports a patient in a massachusetts hospital has one of three cases in the u.s. others in california and illinois. all three patients have been to india where the bug is well
don t know how quickly. trace gallagher with the news live in our los angeles news hub tonight. trace, you know, first it was h1n1, now it s the super bug. but the cases have one thing in common, i guess. yeah, the one common link, shep, is that all three of these people actually had surgery in india. they are called medical tourists. the reason they go to india for surgery is because it s cheaper. risky. it s overpopulated overuses antibiotics and lower levels of clean water and hygiene which makes india a breeding ground for these so-called super bugs. especially for foreigners. listen. when you go to these places outside the u.s., you don t have a lot of control about the quality of care that you are about to receive. you don t have a lot of control about the places. in other words, here in the united states, most of the surgical places that you go for care are very regulated. not only by the federal government, by the state.
pilot who police yanked off of a passenger plane. plus, the super bug. just about every antibiotic does nothing to it, nothing. doctors are a little weirded out over. this just ahead, the new details on how it started showing up here in the united states and what scientists are saying about how you can protect yourself. the super bug, oh no.
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